Security Awareness is always low, Privacy Awareness is even lower and thus this story that sales are still consistent or growing does not surprise me.

I expect that we will see additional trends of “Call-Home” software and other forms of Spyware/Rootkits installed as the corporate industry trys to determine how to make new markets and protect their interest. I also believe that while the security and privacy industries are screaming, we will not see Sony make major strides to follow all of EFF’s recommendations. I expect we will see a lengthy court battle that will become really old news when there is an real outcome to deliver.

Worse, many people simply don’t know which disks are Sony disks. Bet those sales would decline a bit if music stores were forced to identify them as such, or more specifically identify which disks contain rootkits.

The lawsuits will help that situation, as will the Texas AG going after them, the recall, further virus outbreaks, etc. Time will tell. As we all know, many (if not most) media outlets are part of the same companies that have much to lose if the Sony controversy does further damage to DRM efforts, so it makes sense that they’d be slow to give this item too much coverage.